Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the time Chopin spent in Scotland, away from the smog-filled air that troubled him in London. Show more
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Great Music in Irish Houses Festival 2019 (3/4)
57 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
Performances from the 2019 Great Music in Irish Houses Festival, with music by Muriel Herbert and Beethoven Show more
Tom McKinney introduces a rare chance to hear Ponchielli's opera The Lithuanians, a love story set against a backdrop of war and politics. Show more
Norwegian soprano Mari Eriksmoen joins Sean Rafferty, and baritone Gareth Brynmor John and pianist William Vann on their new album The Children's Hour. Show more
In Tune's classical music mixtape: an imaginative, eclectic mix featuring classical favourites, lesser-known gems and a few surprises thrown in for good measure. Show more
Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform music by Copland and Shostakovich, with pianist Steven Osborne. Show more
Free Thinking
Bombing and morals, Flooding and the future
44 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
On Earth Day, two artworks that consider the impact of flooding – a film by Satyajit Ray from 1958 and a new novel by Jessie Greengrass. Plus Malcolm Gladwell looks at bombing. Show more
Xine Yao finds a way of coping with curiosity about Chinatown residents depicted in the short stories published in 1912 by the first Asian North American writer Sui Sin Far. Show more
A magical sonic journey conjured from the BBC music archives. Subscribe to receive your weekly mix on BBC Sounds.
As spring settles in, and worlds open up, we celebrate the spirit of collaboration with Ulrich Schanuss and Jonas Munk, plus new music from Laura Cannell and Kate Ellis. Show more
Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony, 'Pathétique', and Beethoven's Violin Concerto, performed by the Tyumen Philiharmonic Orchestra. Catriona Young presents. Show more